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A couple years ago, we reported that Twitter had teamed with startup Dataminr to monitor, find, and surface tweets related to specific things. The intention was providing news agencies like CNN with fast-access to tweets that may aid journalists in forming their stories. Dataminr is the only company with Twitter’s Read more…

Opera has announced the launch of a new standalone VPN app for iPhone and iPad that promises to unlock geo-location restrictions and block ads. The launch follows the introduction of the VPN service baked into its desktop browser last month, but brings it to a far larger potential audience; Opera only Read more…

Spring Cleaning Apps Are you looking to clean out your closet and make money while doing it? You no longer have to haul your used items to a consignment shop. A number of apps have made selling used things easier than ever, and we’re not talking about eBay. Read more…

Most experiments in paying with digital currencies have come from private companies, but the Swiss town of Zug is trying something different. As of July 1st, the community is launching a trial that will let you pay for public services using Bitcoin — as long as you’re shelling out the Read more…

Your phone is probably the easiest camera to whip out at a moment’s notice. To shave precious seconds off the launch time of your camera, double-tap the power button on your device. Most Android phones have some method of quickly launching your phone, like the Moto X’s shake gesture or Read more…

iOS: If you’ve ever wondered when the next series or political primaries are, but then also wanted to know when your favorite show was about to premiere, but also wanted to know when to get tickets to your favorite musician, Skimm Ahead is an app that feeds all of that Read more…

Gary Grossman Crunch Network Contributor / Gary Grossman is a futurist and public relations and communications marketing executive with Edelman. How to join the network It’s easy to see a rainbow when it’s in the distance, but more difficult to discern when you are in its midst. Though it’s Read more…

Google’s Project Soli was one of the highlights of the company’s developer conference last year, but there’s been little news about it since then. The technology uses special radar-sensors packed in a tiny chip to detect a person’s physical movements (such as rubbing two fingers together), letting a person do Read more…

Love it or hate it, Facebook ads are here to stay and they’re part of how you’re able to use the social network and its accompanying apps for free. Since we have to live with them, at least we can try to enjoy them. There’s a two-level fun to this process: First, Read more…

EV Charging Stations SFWikipedia The all-electric automotive future is fast approaching, and Japan is leading the way. The Japan Times reports that the country now has more electric vehicle charging stations than gas stations. This fact comes from Nissan, which said that there are now 40,000 fast-charging stations around the Read more…

For as many plaudits as Tesla has received for its cars, plenty of its success must lie with that network of Superchargers. The far-sighted idea to build out the recharging infrastructure necessary to make road trips possible in an electric vehicle has surely done much to win friends, particularly among Read more…

Until a few weeks ago, I didn’t understand Snapchat. That’s odd, because I generally like to think of myself as pretty internet savvy. I’ve been one of the first to join every new network since the days of Orkut, and I adopted Twitter early enough to get my first name Read more…